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Lullaby Berceuse

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Sell the ranch if you must, but get this cd, and all of the others by Connie Kaldor. "Small Cafe" is available in the U.S.. From Canada, you can get "Gentle of Heart", "Out of the Blue", "Wood River", "Moonlight Grocery", "Love is a Truck". She is in a league of her own.

This album is wonderfully soothing to my four-month-old son. He is usually asleep by the fifth track! Unlike other lullaby CDs I have tried, this album is of a very high musical quality. The singer's voice is melodious, the songs are beautiful (and singable, too!), and the international flavor -- many songs are in French, and some are in both French and English -- make it an especially interesting collection.

Soothing at any time when you or baby needs to relax. The songs are varied and complex enough to satisfy music lovers, whether they be folkies or classical music lovers. The only thing I didn't like is the sound "wah-wah" of a baby at the beginning of the first song! Who needs it ?! But the rest is pure enjoyment. Baby goes to sleep by the second or third song and I often listen to many more of the songs before tiptoeing out of the room...It is my favorite, with Linda Ronstadt's lullaby CD coming in second place.

Lullaby Berceuse: A Warm Prairie Night, features stories and songs by Connie Kaldor and Carmen Campagne with illustrations from Brian Deines and is a remarkable storybook, enhanced with the addition of a thirteen track CD compiling songs and story for bed-time. Offering a tracklist of All Through The Night (3:36), Prairie Lullaby (2:50), Lullaby, Lullaby (3:12), I Have You (2:31), Dream Baby L'elefant des Reves (4:35), I've Been Told (1:17), Hushaby (3:12), Bonne nuit (2:36), La poulette grise (2:44), Petit bebe (2:25), Maman fait dodo (3:38), Berceuse pour Emanuel Reuben James (2:06), and Isabeau (2:18), Lullaby Berceuse carries its young listeners and readers swiftly through a soothing collection to a quick and silent sleep. Lullaby Berceuse is very highly recommended for all parents searching for a creative sleep-aide for their child for its effective ability to put children into a restful peace. Also very highly recommended from The Secret Mountain is The Fabulous Song (2923163176, [...]) by Don Gillmor with illustrations from Marie-Louise Gay and music by Michelle Campagne and Davy Gallant.

That is, mellow and soothing, as opposed to high and sharp! Just compare the quite low tone of Connie Kalder's voice on this collection with the high, shrill sharpness of Susie Tallman's voice and the difference is marked. So much more relaxing and effective to hear lullabies sung with a soothing lower voice than to be jolted wide awake by a sudden sharp, high-pitched jarring effect as unfortunately happened more than once on the lullaby albums I've heard by Susie Tallman.
As for this collection, not only are the songs restful to listen to, the book accompanying them is very nice too. Altogether, a joy.

I've been looking for this for years and years! My 16 year old still asks me to sing these songs. I'm going to quickly buy the CD so I can give it to her for a special occasion. The songs are so soothing and were part of our nightly ritual when she was little!

I checked this out at the library for my fussy baby (#2) and this CD is my most favorite. After listening to it for the first time I bought it and have not regretted it for one minute. My favorite song is "I Have You"--it speaks volumes. This entire CD is an utter work of art and you will not regret rocking your precious ones to sleep with it.

This is my son's (now 6 years old) all-time favorite lullaby music and mine too. He will be so happy I've found it again. (It is no longer available where I purchased the first two tapes.) Beautiful meaningful songs to hum or sing along with, even if your voice is poor, your baby won't mind. I bought the first copy sound unheard when he was an infant and was pleasantly surprised. He was not pleased when the first tape broke, nor the second for that matter, and has repeatedly asked me to buy another. French and English combinations make repeated listening less tiresome to the adult.

I ordered this CD without listening to it first - I liked the title, and I wanted the French lullabies. There's one single song that I would rate as just "OK, the others are all excellent! This is the best set of lullabies in my library as of yet. Connie Kaldor has a deep, rich voice, Carmen Campagne has a stringier voice reminiscent of Occitain folk singers (which I suppose she is), and very suitable to her arrangements. Most important of all, my son likes them, and his struggle against sleep is shorter when I play them. As the liner notes say, lullabies work!

Like so many others, I am ordering the CD because the tapes get worn from contstant play. I just had my third child, and my first two always went to sleep with this tape, no matter how fussy. I am so glad to have found it again. Our local stores had no idea what "French Lullaby" tape I was talking about. Now my new one can enjoy these lovely lullaby songs. It is also great as a gift to others.